SKU: AQ61O
UPC: 8052405530998
Linked to MusiPos
RRP: $39.95
0 - Secondary Warehouse
Chat to us or call 5444 8889
Find out more
Until the mid-20th century the top three strings of Ouds were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance of timbre, very different in other words, from modern nylon strings.
And until recently the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for Oud-makers, composers and performers alike. A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut but without its typical defects (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic).
The New Nylgut has precisely these qualities... allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century Oud masters and guaranteeing on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gut and nylon strings.
Please Note:Just like gut, New Nylgut is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth. You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).
The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.
Set Features:Tuning: Iraqi tuning, floating bridge - ff, cc, gg, DD, AA, FMade in standard tension (3.4 Kg average for each string).All the wound strings are red copper. String conversion: New Nylgut gauge = Nylon gauge x .91 example: .71 mm Nylon x .91= .646 mm New Nylgut ( .66 mm available)
Please Note: This item may be on display at the Mooloolaba Music Shop and may have been available for demonstration to in store patrons. We take careful and meticulous care, boxing and cleaning of your product before the shipping or selling of an item. If you do want photos before making a purchase please call our shop where one of our staff can assist in sending more detailed images.
Mooloolaba Music reserves the right to cancel, at any time before delivery and for whatever reason, an Order that it has previously accepted. Mooloolaba Music may do this for example, but without limitation, where:
a) Mooloolaba Music's suppliers are unable to supply Goods that they have previously promised to supply (b) an event beyond Mooloolaba Music's control, such as storm, fire, flood, earthquake, terrorism, power failure, war, strike or failure of computer systems, means that Mooloolaba Music is unable to supply the Goods within a reasonable time (c) Goods ordered were subject to an error on the Website, for example, in relation to a description, price or image, which was not discovered prior to the Order being accepted; (d) The products shown in the images above product may differ to the purchased product. Changes could include, different stands, treatments, slight variations in colour, In-built batteries and charging ports. Please contact our team for further clarification.
We ask that you research parts carefully before buying. Purchase of any non-licenced part as a replacement spare part is at your own risk. Some branded replacement parts also require professional installation to fit correctly. If in doubt we will be happy to advise further and confirm suitability before purchase.
Click and collect: is available if the product is available in store.
Means the item is physically in the shop and can be bought and shipped or collected at our store.
This item is currently not available physically in our store but can be ordered in from a supplier
Item is available from our supplier. This is an item we do not have available in the store. Please note that there are longer delivery times if you decide to purchase.
Item is available and ready to ship from our store.
Item is in high demand